Jan Hatzius

Goldman Cuts Growth Forecasts On Weak Consumer Spending

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Jan Hatzius, Consumer Confidence, Japan Earthquake, Gdp, Retail Sales, BNP Paribas, Wall Street, Commodity Prices, University of Michigan, Downgrade, Manufacturing, Growth, Consumer Spending, Video, Business News

Goldman Sachs has cut its forecast for U.S. second-quarter growth to 1.5 percent from 2 percent, citing weak consumer spending. The downgrade f...

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William Alden

Markets Fall On Disappointing Job Growth

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Labor, Jan Hatzius, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Warren Buffett, John-Silvia, Economic Growth, Stimulus, Business News

Markets stumbled and economists darkened their forecasts as a dismal jobs report underscored that the U.S. economy's core remains battered two years a...

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Goldman Sachs: U.S. Economy Will Be Either Be 'Fairly Bad' Or 'Very Bad'

bloomberg.com | Wes Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, U.S. Economy, Jan Hatzius, Gdp, Unemployment, U.S. Economic Forecasts, Double-Dip Recession, Economic Projections, Banks, Recession, Business News

"We see two main scenarios," analysts led by Jan Hatzius, the New York-based chief U.S. economist at the company, wrote in an e-mail to clients. "A fa...

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SIMON JOHNSON Refuting Goldman's Latest Economic Claims

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thoughts on the Macroeconomic Impact of Basel III, Goldman Sachs, Jan Hatzius, Macroeconomics, Peter Boone, Basel III, Simon Johnson, Goldman Sachs Economy, Sven Jari Stehn, Business News

The influential Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius has a new research note out (with Sven Jari Stehn), "Thoughts on the Macroeconomic Impact of Basel...

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Economic Indicators: Economists Name The Most Useless Economic Data

time.com | Justin Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jan Hatzius, Mark Zandi, Harm Bandholz, Economic Indicators, Lakshman Achuthan, Kurt Karl, Economy, Andrew Busch, Bernard Baumohl, Economic Recovery, Economic Growth, Robert Barbera, Barry Ritholtz, Business News

My column this week is about economic data, and the ways in which it can mislead (or at least send us into unnecessary tizzies)....

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Merrill Lynch Predicts Recession

Silicon Valley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Jan Hatzius, Recession News, Wall Street, Ben Stein, Recession, David Rosenberg, Recession Watch, Business News

Two major Wall Street firms have finally thrown in the towel and are now calling for a recession. For a variety of reasons, Wall Street is usually lat...

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Does Goldman Sachs Rule The World?

New York Times | Ben Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Jan Hatzius, Ben Stein, Business News

For decades now, as a writer, economist and scold, I have been receiving letters from thoughtful readers. Many of them have warned me about the danger...

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U.S. Could Face $2 Trillion Lending Shock

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outstanding Mortgages, Mortgage Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Jan Hatzius, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, US Mortgage Crisis, Business News

The impact of the U.S. mortgage market crisis on the underlying economy could be "dramatic" as leveraged investors may need to scale back lending by u...

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